MY RATING: The February 2008 issue of Jim Baen's Universe (Issue #11, also known as Volume 2, Number 5) contains 12 pieces of short fiction and 6 non-fiction articles. Nine of the stories are reviewed below. I did not partake of the classic reprint "Unprofessional" by Rudyard Kipling and two of the three serials: "Fish Story" by Dave Freer, Continue Reading →

Peter Higgins read English at Oxford University and Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. He was a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford and worked in the British Civil Service. His short stories have appeared in Fantasy: Best of the Year 2007, Best New Fantasy 2, Asimov's Science Fiction, Fantasy Magazine, Zahir and Revelation, and in Russian translation in the St Continue Reading →

C.J. Cherryh has been named the SFWA Damon Knight Grand Master! Details below! The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA, Inc.) is pleased to announce that C. J. Cherryh has been named the 32nd Damon Knight Grand Master for her contributions to the literature of Science Fiction and Fantasy. The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award is given Continue Reading →

The Science Fiction Writers of America have announced that the 2008 Nebula Awards will be in Austin, Texas on April 24-27. That's a measly 2 and a half hours from Houston. I've made that run before. Not that I drive 180 miles to troll Half Price Books stores in other cities or anything. [Looks up and to the left.] I Continue Reading →